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Sensible people reading the "resolu- Poking." What the childish intellectu which we reproduce translated seemingly fail to understand is that these tion's below, will be able to correctly estimate regulations which debar Chinesa soldiers the mental calibre of their authors, but from being on the City Wall within the it is well known buw easily the ignorant Legation Quarter are not the regulations mass in China may be intamed by the of the British Legation, but thons of the ravings of a lunatic who makes anti-entire Diplomatão. Corps...
"Apart from the incidents referred to foreignisn the basis of his appeal. These
in the foregoing paragraphs there have are the resolutions:-
(1) That the British Minister should been severnt others indicating delight in his action in refusing to surrender the the North take a serious view of these The official Japanese Chinese soldier to the Chinese authorities.
The Spirit of the tender an apology to the Waichiagpu for hostility to the foreigner. The Fress of
Empire
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for several days, which is a grave insult developments. to China,
(2) That all famous places in the British, published in English in Peking, concessions in China should be thrown writes: "That an anti-foreign spirit in open to Chinese. (By "Iamous places, growing in China is now generally re.” public gardens and recreation grounds cognised by all observers, except a few are apparently meant.-E.)
(3) That the British Minister undertake to offer no similar insult to China in the Future
(4) That the Government should not defer to the wishes of the British Minis ter to inflict unduly severe punishment on the soldier.
foreigners who, for rensons, of their own, are still shutting their eyes to even the strongest evidence," and it says the Chinese authorities themselves are pre- pared, to go to any length to prevent
(3) That a telegram should he address.justice being done. Mr. RonsBY GILRENT, ed in the anime of Parliament and those the Peking Correspondent of the V6. present at the meeting to the British Daily News, says conclusions such as Clovernment, demanding the recall of the these have been reached by the majority British Minister.
of foreigners in Peking from observation. zot only of incidents and the official attitude towards them, but of the temper of the people in the streets as well. The Peking and Tientsin. Time, discuss-
(6) That a circular telegram should be sent to the country setting forth the many cases where England has brow- heaten China in the past so that the Chinese people may realize the iniquity of the British.
(2) That the Waichinopu should be requested to demand the surrendet afing recent incidents, soyer the British who fought with the Chinese soldier and thas the same punishment be meted out to him as to the soldier.
(8) That in case the above demands fail of attainment the Chinese Govero ment should put up the signboard" Eag lishmen and dogs not allowed at various places of historical and scienic interest.
The cumulative effect of incidents of this character, incompetently and, insin- corely handled by the Chinese authorities, is to produce ill-fecting betwech Chinese and foreigners, and to expose China and her. Government to obloquy in Europe It also tends to provoko and America. The reference to the Chinese soldier'
anti-foreign manifestations which, if we checked, may eventually lead to the in the foregoing resolutions is to one who
Incidents the grivest consequences. was detained by the Legation authorities in connection with an assault on a British prompt settlement of which would re subject on that portion of the City Wall dound to China's credit," are distorted within the Legation Quarter where the and misrepresented as the result of pro- soldier had no right to be.. This soldier crastination and obstruction util, by appears to have actçi more like a maniac some curious twist of the Chinase in than a sane person Early in April heit is the culprit, not the victini, who is defied the Legation Quarter police in the considered aggrieved, and the indefer-
& matter and he was sent to the nearest sile and lawless acts of a soldier who
Chinese palice station à polite request is described by his commanding officer as was made to his superior officer to mentally deranged, are interpreted as the nequaint bis pica with tho, ngulation deeds of a hero.. The Chinese Gorra- which debars them from walking on this ment must shoulder the entire resįša- part of the wall. The regulation is que sibility if, us a result of the mishandling which was made after the Boxer rising, a series of incidents of this kind, but latterly it does not appear to have maphobier conses to be the hobby of a been very rigidly enforced. This soldier [few misguided individuals, and once nure was punished. het within a couple of becomes a mob movement?'
It is perfeully obvious that if incidents, weeks he was again twice in conflict with foreigners, and although his victims were such as have occurred much too frequently of three nationalities-British, Italian iately in Peking and elsewhere in the and American-the agitation which was North are not dealt with by the Chinese aroused was direeted entirely, it seems, Government in a very diferent manner 46 years, passed away on Sunday, the against the British. This soldier's last this spirit of hostility to the foreigner 4th May, 1924, at Portsmouth, Eng-attack was upon a Mr. CAMPBELL, a com- will spread to a very dangeroux extent. land, after a long and painful ill-mercial traveller, who was taking stroll with consequences which we do not need
on the City Wall within the Legation to enlarge upon. Quarter. Mr. CAMPBELL, happening to
BIRTH.
Biale unaprif 30th, to Mr. and Mrs. F. C. STUBIxus, a Jaughter.
DEATHS. GARROG-HENRY GEORIE Gannon, aged
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Gray-At Golders Green, on April 6th, HARRY GRAY, late of Messrs Probst, Hanbury and Co. -------
amateur boxer. be something of an
It appears that the mail reported to REITH-At Tunbridge Wells, on April promptly knocked his assailant down and have heen partly destroyed as the result".. 4th, ANDREW AUREAY HEITH, formerly continued on his way. Picking himacl of a fire aboard the s.5. President. Madison manager of the Hongkong nad Shang-up, the soldier followed and belaboured is but slightly damaged. hai Banking Corporation, Manila,
Philippine Islands, beloved husband Mr. CAMERELE about the head and face
of Madeleine Reith and son of the with a heavy bag of coppers. Another
May 5th was observed as
partial
Iste Dr. Archibald Reith," of Aber- foreigner and Chinese policemen of the holiday in Canton, it being the third
Jeen.
Hongkong Office: 14, Chater Road. London Office: 131, Fleet Street, E.C.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, MAY 7TH, 1924.
ANTI-FOREIGNISM IN PEKING.
Legation Quarter" came to Mr. CAMPBELL'anniversary of the resumption by Dr. Sun assistance and his assailant was marched Yat Sen of the Presidency of the Gover off to the Legation gaol and detained ment in Craton. there pending the receipt of satisfactory Yesterday was the fourteenth anniver-- assurances for his "trial, in accordance sary of the King's Accession. The war- with treaty provisions which means in ships in port dreased ship in honour of the presence of a representative of the the occasion and the customary zlute
was fired at noon. Diplomatie Body. This action was neces sary, as the Chinese authorities have
shown a disposition to more treat provisions in eases of this kind. There is the case of a Chinese General who committed BEYXXL
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The Telephone Co. notifies that the telephone service will be liable to inter- ruption between 4 pm and 6.30 p.m today when fire drill by the traffic staff
a brutal assault on takes place at Central Exchange.. British railway offcial at
The Benevolent Society is in urgent
are needed to, meet the cases at present need of fands as so many repatriations
on the hooks... Donations received by the have cume before the Committee. $1,000 on Treasurer, Mra. Murray, 28, Peak.
-ADVT.
I may be recalled that, after the Lin- cheng outrage, the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs went at great pains in Fengtai. This General is a brother of was such sheer an official dispatch to disavow the exist ons of the President's concubines, and care of any anti-foreign feeling which hit "court partial " ̧ many people suspected to be the inspira farce that the British Government was
The cases of notifiable diseasen reported. tion of the outrage. Several incidents provoked by the insult to instruct the i have occurred in China since, however, Minister to demand a new trial in accord-
3 (3 deaths); diphtheria 1; enteric fever that have created the impression that an ance with treaty provisions. Such a trial in the Colony last week were: Small-póx anti-foreign sentiment is growing, and has been promised, but there is un(1 death); para-typhoid 1; cerebro- the ofisini attitude towards some of these accountable delay in holding it. In these spinat fever 2 (2 deaths), and puerperal incidents has rather tended to confirm circumstances, the Legation detained the fever L the impression. One of the most astound-private soldier until satisfactory near ing of these incidents was the recent ces regarding his trial were received: “demonstration" in the Central Park HM. Minister was, no doubt, perfectly at Poking, organised by a mischievous, well aware of the fact, made public in groups of politicians of Bolshevik pro the vernacular Press, that the official
The moving pictures of Hongkong taken clivities, at which the promoters ventil attitude was strongly opposed to the wort ated their hostility, particularly towards of trial for which the treaties provide
There is no doubt a growing spirit of for the British Empiro Exhibition were shown let evening at the Helsin May the British, in a series of eight resolu- tions. How many people participated in revolt against the foreigner which will Institute with very much more power- this demonstration not to be need firm handling by the Legations. It ful projector and the result gavo great gathered from the reports though one is significant, for instance, to read that satisfaction to the large audience which
specially admired.
cable ariana and radicals all told "but the Chinese Parliament are said to have mischief extended far beyond the num endorsed the decision to send bors forming the group of demonstrators, to the British Government the keynote however large or small it may have been, of which, according to a Chinese paper, for the organisers evidently took pains is this: "Great Britain can bar the to secure the widest publicity for the Chinese from landing in Australia and proceedings in the vernacular Press. Canada, but not from the City Wall in
mentions nearly a hundred Parliament two hundred and eighty members of the
the amou
Mr. William Heughan, Scottish singer who has been delighting Royal, in giving an All-Scottish pro audiencer with his singing to the Theatre gramme this evening, the concert being
Society. held under the auspices of St. Andrew'
Private T. E Alli, M.M, of the Brat Surrey Regiment, was charged before n District Court Martial no Muliny Bar- racks yestering with breaking out of himself, and with drunkenness. barracks when a defaulter, absenting picaded loss of memory. Sentence will be promulgated in due course
assembled. The shipping scenes were
He